Bloomberg Law
June 28, 2017, 10:57 PM UTC

Steptoe Becomes Latest Firm to Face Gender Pay Gap Suit

Steptoe & Johnson has become the latest Big Law firm to be hit with a gender discrimination lawsuit, this time from a former associate who says she was paid half what her male counterparts earned for the same work (Houck v. Steptoe & Johnson LLP, C.D. Cal., No. 2:17-cv-04595, complaint filed 6/22/17).

In a complaint filed in federal court in Los Angeles on June 22, attorney Ji-In Houck alleged she was improperly paid a contract attorney salary when she began working at the firm and that her pay remained below that of male attorneys with the same experience ...

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